Binghamton University in upstate New York is known as one of the top colleges for Jewish life in the United States. A quarter of the student population identifies as Jewish. Kosher food is on the meal plan. There are five historically-Jewish Greek chapters and a Jewish a capella group, Kaskeset.
When a swastika was drawn on a bathroom stall in Binghamton’s Bartle Library in March 2017, the administration was quick to condemn it. In a statement co-signed by the Hillel director, the school’s vice president of student affairs said bluntly: “Binghamton University does not tolerate hate crimes, and we take all instances of this type of action very seriously.”
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